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1. One lot of healthy seed, which would suc-
ceed ;

2. One lot of seed, which would perish exclu-
sively from the corpuscle disease known as pe-
brine or gattine;

3. One lot of seed, which would perish ex-
clusively from the flachery disease;

4. One lot of seeds, which would perish partly
from corpuscle disease and partly from flachery.

"It seems to me," added Pasteur, "that the
comparison between the results of those different
lots will do more to enlighten the Commission
on the certainty of the principles I have estab-
lished than could a mere sample of healthy seed.

"I desire that this letter should be sent to the
Commission at its next meeting, and put down
in the minutes."

The Commission accepted with pleasure these
unexpected surprise boxes.

About the same time one of his assistants,
Maillot, started for Corsica at M. de Casablan-
ca's request. He took with him six lots of healthy
seed to Vescovato, a few miles from Bastia.

The rest of the colony returned to the Pont
Gisquet, near Alais, that mulberry-planted re-
treat, where, according to Pasteur, everything
was conducive to work. Pasteur now looked for-
ward to his definitive victory, and, full of con-
fidence, organized his pupils' missions* M. Du-